A question about the 1976 World Straight Pool Championship.

Not infinity, but sometimes the championships were pretty long. For a while, they were race to 73, or "best of 145" as the players would say it. I think of a modern snooker frame as roughly twice as long as a rack of nine ball, so it would be like a race to 150 or more. The snooker players didn't play as well back then -- very few centuries, if any -- so it may have been more like a race to 300 at nine ball. There's a match you can get your teeth into.

goddamn. i imagine the spectators were very close family.

My favourite tale along those lines was the world record English Billiards break, in an age when cradle cannons were still permitted.

The break took about a week, during which time the champion’s opponent was required to turn up every morning in his best tuxedo, cue in hand, only to sit in a chair all day.

all carom games with nursing and short distance points are incredibly boring to me. english billiards, straight rail, one cushion, imagine those championships, race to a gazillion points. i would concede after an hour.

Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

For all those moaning about the noise, go check out the last 9 in game 4 - there is dead silence in the room when Styer chokes on the shot.

Seems the crowd did get noisier as the crowd realized Styer was prone to choking on key shots.

Any player who is on the hill and has this set up for the last 8 ball of the match:

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And manages to achieve this positioning on the 9:

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And then misses the 9…

…Should probably not be included in the U.S.A team again. Or maybe the team needs a psychologist.
…Should probably not be included in the U.S.A team again. Or maybe the team needs a psychologist.

Maybe the Cubs could lend us their guy....

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Bleacher Refs MR Cup

The security people and ushers and ticket takers and such are all venue staff or temps. I think there are around 50 in total. They are not permanent employees of Matchroom. Similarly, Matchroom does not produce the stream. For the MC, I think it was Sky Sports.
Ok, I just thought security would ref the bleachers.
Seeing the referee doing this then made me think, no one else helped.

Bleacher Refs MR Cup

I was actually going to ask if they were selling alcohol at the M C. When I was at the Crucible for the snooker championships in England a larger portion of the crowd were drunk. There was even a fight a few rows away from me. One big Irish SOB even threw a beer at a bunch of people.

In general when I was in England and various pubs I discovered English people don't really fight. They'll get into screaming matches and up in each other's faces but nobody ever throws a punch. In the US you hardly say anything and the guy pulls out a knife and sticks it in you.

i think the masters in snooker has traditionally been the worst in terms of drunkenness and tribalism. the scottish and foreign players got a lot of abuse. stephen hendry handled it by winning the damn thing. ding junhui started crying. the masters is much, much better now. the snooker event with rowdy crowd now is the shootout, it's kind of like the mosconi cup but it's not a team event

Bleacher Refs MR Cup

Thx Bob I didn't know that.
Never knew MR trained their security teams to work effectively with the floor referee.
The security people and ushers and ticket takers and such are all venue staff or temps. I think there are around 50 in total. They are not permanent employees of Matchroom. Similarly, Matchroom does not produce the stream. For the MC, I think it was Sky Sports.

Bleacher Refs MR Cup

I was actually going to ask if they were selling alcohol at the M C. When I was at the Crucible for the snooker championships in England a larger portion of the crowd were drunk. There was even a fight a few rows away from me. One big Irish SOB even threw a beer at a bunch of people.

In general when I was in England and various pubs I discovered English people don't really fight. They'll get into screaming matches and up in each other's faces but nobody ever throws a punch. In the US you hardly say anything and the guy pulls out a knife and sticks it in you.
WHat I see a lot in situations where alcohol is involved is the hiring of off duty police officers. They can arrest if they deem it appropriate.

Unruly and illegal are different things, until they aren't.

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